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Letters Patent No. 80,681, dated AugustV 4, 1868.

IMPROVED IIAYKAND GOTTONPRESS.

Be it known' that I, BENJAMIN F. IAr'r, of Groton Junction, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Hay and Cotton-Press; and I de hereby declare that the following isa full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in applying the compressing-power through the agency ofnooses in aV series ot' ropes or chains, used forpressing hay, and through the agency' of ropes, pulleys, and a follower, for pressing cotton.

To enableutheseskilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I proceed tord'esorihe its construction and operation. A t

A- A A A is the framework of the receiving-box, in the form ot' a wagon-body, resting on wheels, to facilitate movement from one placeto'zinother, as seen in Figure 1. `B is the cross-.bai-{at the lrear end ofthe frame. C C hre side boards,'loose at the rear end of the receiving-box, to admit of compression inward by the cams ct a, one of which oilily is seen in the drawing. Dis the floor, containing slots, la vlfb for the admission of the ropes or chains el ddd. E is a drum or roller, in which are inserted pins, ee e e, to which the ends o-f the ropcscZ d cl cl are attached. O is a cog-wheehon the end of the spindle of the roller E. P is al crank andY pinion, playing into the teeth of the cog-wheel O. jj. are pulleys, fixed to' the spindle of the roller E. R is an adjustable roller, onlt'he end of the spindle of which is a pinion,f, to play into the -teeth of the wheel Oi g is a crank, Afixed at the other end of the spindle of the roller R. nis a slack rope, attached to the roller II-,at the other en d of which is a whiiilc-tree, m, to be used when the apparatus is operated by horse-power; e c e c are points,

, to which the ropes d d cZ d are attached, and c c ce are pulleys, over which the said ropes pass. u u are ropes or chains, on each side ofthe receiving-box, one of whichis seen in Figure3, one end of which ropes is attached to the tail-hoard x, near the pulleys z'z', and thencethe ropes pass over the pulleys k nthepulleys z', andthe pulleys o c, and are conned at the other endtothe 'pins 7c on the pulleys jj. S is the follower, passing down the inside ofthe receiving-box, when th'e ,press is usedfor pressing cotton. `t is atriangular staple, firmly fastcned to the follower' S, to which thejpulley L is attached.

I-Iaving described the construction oi' myimproved press, I new proceed to set forth its operation.

To prepare for the reception of hay or other materialV to be pressed, the ropes d rl d d are unreeved from the pulleys c c c e, and released from the pins c e c e. They are then straightened out, and each is allowed to -drop through its corresponding slot inthe bottom et' the receiving-box, the ends all resting over the roller E.

The hay or other material to be pressed. beingahen placed in the receiving-box, the ropes d (Z d (Z are reevcd through the pulleys c c c c, and fastened-to the pins e c c c, as seen in tig. l, thus forming nooses around the hay or other material to be pressed. The nooses areA then drawn up by hand-power applied' to the crank, P, singly, or in combination with crank g, as'may be'reqnired, thus ceiling on roller E, which is to revolve until .sufficient pressure shall have heen applied to the material being pressed. V'.lhen'wires or ropes for binding the compressed halo may hc'passcd around it, the slots b b b b facilitating that operation, by aiording space for the application of wires or ropes underneath the bale.' In order to -compress the bale in the rear end et" it while being packed, the ends of the side boards C YC are deflected inwards by means of the cams a a. When the bale is pressed and bound hy wires and ropes, and in' t condition to be removedl from thereceiving-box, the earns may be reversed, and thcreby'relieve their pressure upon the ends of the side boards C C. I

If horsepower is desired to be used for the operation oi' pressing, the slack rope 'It may be woundaround the roller R, the pinionf put in connection with the wheel 0, and the power applied.

In order to use my improved press for pressing cotton, Iuse the device exhibited in fig. f3,- the side view there representing the receiving-box in an upright position. I first put in the sack or covering for the bale to be bound.l I then ll the receiving-box` with the cotton to be pressed, turn in the ends ofthe side boards G Gby the cams a a, apply the power by hand or horse-power, as before described, which causes the followerS to descend or be crowded toward the closed tail-board :c until the bele is suiciently pressed for' binding or pecking, The baile is then relieved by reversing the cams a a, as in pressing hay. I

Having described the construction and operation of my seid invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is v The within-described portable pressing-apparatus, consisting of the mounted wagon-body A S C D, windlasses E and R, with their connecting-gear, ropes, or chains ai dd d, the., pulleys c c e c, IL, and 2', follower S, and calm a, all constructed and arranged together substantially as herein shown and described.

B. F. TAFT. Witnesses:

JOHN W. Knr'rnnnen, C. L. KEYES. 

